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<h2>Body Measurements of Mammal Species</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Body measurements for a sample of 28 mammal species from a Fitch paper on acoustic allometry
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 28 observations on the following 5 variables.
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<dl>
<dt><code>Species</code></dt><dd><p>species of mammal</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Order</code></dt><dd><p>Order (<code>Carnivora</code> or <code>Primates</code>)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Wt</code></dt><dd><p>Body weight (in kg)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Skull</code></dt><dd><p>Skull length (in cm)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Palate</code></dt><dd><p>Palate length (in cm)</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Data on mammal species from a Zoology paper about acoustic allometry by W. Tecumseh Fitch.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Fitch, W. Tecumseh (2000), &quot;Skull dimensions in relation to body size in nonhuman mammals: The causal bases for acoustic allometry,&quot; Zoology, 103, 40-58.
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